[lotsofpulp]

> In 2006 I don't know that I would have thought Apple would have dominated the market as much as it has,

But that is the most important point. The rest is trivial, but knowing which organization will be able to capitalize on it is the only relevant fact if you are trying to optimize for a return.

In 2006, the mobile network owners seemed in prime position to use their monopoly to squeeze everyone else, as well as Blackberry completely dominating the ecosystem.

In 2006, I do not know what kind of evidence a person would have had to KNOW apple, alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook would be where they are relative to ATT/Verizon/T-Mobile/Blackberry.

[vel0city]

I agree, the challenge is seeing that it would be Apple that saw the gains moreso than 3Com, Nokia, LG, and others. There were tons of companies which were obvious plays at the time, several of which no longer exist.